​C-SPAN callers wasted no time in tearing about Christian hate group leader Tony Perkins live on television. Perkins is the leader of the Family Research Council, an extreme far-right group that portrays itself as a Christian charity.

One caller took Perkins to task for abandoning Christian values and principles such as love and helping others all to become a “worshipper of Trump.” Another caller wanted to know how they could support a person accused of adultery and sexual assault.

“I was an evangelical Christian,” Steve, a caller from North Carolina said. “But I gave that up. I went back to being a true Christian.”

“A true Christian follows the teachings of Jesus,” he continued. “Evangelicals have become paranoid, white Christians losing their country to minorities. They have only one goal and that is to keep America white and Christian. And that’s exactly opposite of what Christianity is. Christianity is about love and helping others and taking care of others.”

“The paranoid white Christians have now become worshippers of Donald Trump. They follow all of these false prophets out there living in $16 million houses, flying around in $10 million jets. They need to wake up. Jesus is love, not hate.”

Perkins wasted no time is hitting back saying: “I know we want to describe Jesus as all love,” the evangelical leader opined. “He is love, but he’s truth. And we cannot sacrifice his truth because if we do that, we’ll never experience his love.”

To make matters worse Perkins defended his support of our less-than-Christ-like President by stating Clinton’s policies are not Christian enough for their liking. “The choice was between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton,” Perkins replied. “Hillary Clinton openly supported policies that were antithetical to Christian beliefs. What were we to do?”

“Between that and Hillary Clinton, it is no-brainer,” Perkins added. “We supported him. We said we said we’re going to give you a chance. We don’t agree with what you [did] in the past. We think your lifestyle is anathema when it comes to the standards and values we embrace, but here is the choice. We gave him an opportunity, and he has not disappointed us.”
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The support of Trump is solely based on the evangelical wish list and since Trump has checked most of the boxes that they demanded for their support. For example, he has placed far-right appointees to the Federal bench, attacked LGBT people and dismantled several civil rights protections.
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